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' A. M. AHERN COMBINED SHIPPING TAG AND ENvELoPE SHEETv Filed Nov. l0

Patented Sept. ll, 1923.

.ALBERT M. AHERN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED SHIPPING TAG AND ENVELOPE SHEET.

Application led November 10, 1919. Serial No. 336,911.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Annnnfr M. AHERN, a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Misosuri. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in )ombined Shipping Tags and Envelope Sheets` of which the fcllowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication.

My invention relates to a shippingV tag so formed as to constitute also an envelope sheet` which may be used as a letter or information sheet, or be folded to form un enclosure for letters or other objects. The invention has further as one of its objects to provide an identification section initially forming a part. of the shipping tag` and envelope sheet. but which is made detachable therefrom and is intended to .receive memoranda relating` to the contents of a package to which the tag and envelope sheet in a closed condition is attached, to serve as a medium for identifying the. consignor and consignee or lgiving other information respecting' the package, in the event of loss or mutilation of the shipping tag and envelope.

Fig. I is a plan of the rear side of my tag and envelope sheet as itappears before folding'.

Fig. II is plan of the rear side ofthe tag and envelope sheet when its end sections have been folded.

Fig. III is a plan of the tagand envelope sheet as it appears when folded, except for the securing of the sealing liap.

Fig. IV is a front plan of the tagand envelope sheet, in folded and closed condition.

My tag and envelope sheet comprises a plurality of sections adapted to be folded on defined lines to form an enclosure. The portion of the sheet which is to constitute a tag is located centrally of the sheet and includes a front section l and a rear section 2, the latter being foldable onto the front section on a line ai. A t the ends of the tagl sections l and 2 are fiap sections 3 and 4. foldable on lines Zi and c so that they will overlie the rear faces of the tag sections l and 2, as seen in Il. The end flap section 4 is made of sufficient dimensions to overlap the end liap section 3 and is adapted to be sealed to the latter, and with this object in vien7 said section 4 is preferably provided with a guinnied surface 5, Which may be moistened to cause it to adhere tothe end flap section 8.

@ne ofl the end flap sections.v preferably that designated 4, has detachably secured thereto an identification tab 6, preferably in the form of a tag, which is adapted to be severed from the flap section prior to the closure of the combined tagand envelope sheet.

One of the tag sections l., 2 is provided with a sealing;` liap 7, preferably guimned, which is adapted to he secured to the other tag section when the tag' and envelope sheet have been completely folded., as will hereinafter appear.

In the use of my tag` and envelope sheet, the device is made ready for service in the following manner. Before folding, or completely folding, the tag and envelope sheet, the identification tab 6 is separated from the remainder of the sheet to be made use of in a nianner to be hereinafter explained, and the sheet is then folded as follows:

The folding operation involves, first, the foldingl of the end flap section 3 on the line o, so that it will overlie the adjacent ends of the tag sections l and 2. The end iiap section 4 is tlienfolded on the line c to overlie the other ends of the tag` sections and is preferably adhered to the flap section 3 through the medium of the gui'mned surface 5. A partial enclosure is thereby produced. The back tap; section 2, 'with portions of the flap sections 3 and.` 4 overlyingi it, is then folded on the line a and brought against the front tag section l, thereby completing the enclosure except for the application of the sealing flap 7, which, upon being folded over onto, and secured to, the back tag section, completes the closure of the sheet.

The tag` sections l and 2 are provided at their ends With perforations 8, preferably* reinforced by perforated disks 9 seured to said sections, and the end iiap section adjacent to the perforated ends of the tag sections is provided with perforations l0, which register with the perforations 8 when the tag and envelope sheet is folded. A cord or other attaching means may be readily passed through the registering perforations to serve as a means for securingthe tatar and envelope sheet to a package to be shipped.

rIhe tab 6 is preferably provided with a perforation ll through which a cord or other fastening means may be inserted, and this tab is intended to be supplied with shipping instrlitions or other memoranda it may be desired to place thereon, and s intended to be enclosed Within the package to be shipped, preferably being sec'uredtothe contents 'so 5 that it Will not become separated therefrom in the event of the Wrapper vor other enclosure of the package becoming destroyed.

l claim: In-'a tagand'env'elope sheet having oom- 10 pleinental Central lag sections with indicia `on vone of said tag sectionsfor the addressee and addressor and end sections oldahle onto said tag sections, of a detachable identification tag section, having indicia thereon for the addressee Iland addressor, forming an extension of one of said end sections and in longitudinal alinement with one of said. complemental tag sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l hereunto aiiX my signature.

ALBERT M. AHERN. 

